Anaxagoras (/ˌænækˈsæɡərəs/; Greek: Ἀναξαγόρας, Anaxagóras, "lord of the assembly"; c. 500 – c. 428 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae...
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With Megapenthes being his father, Anaxagoras was considered the brother of Iphianeira, wife of Melampus. Anaxagoras fathered Alector, the father of Iphis...
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free dictionary. Anaxagoras may refer to: Anaxagoras, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Anaxagoras of Aegina, a sculptor 4180 Anaxagoras, a main-belt asteroid...
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Fractured Bedrock in the Central Peak of the Anaxagoras Crater, LRO article, 16 April 2010 Media related to Anaxagoras (crater) at Wikimedia Commons...
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Ionian school (philosophy) (section Anaxagoras)
included such thinkers as Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Anaxagoras, and Archelaus. This classification can be traced to the doxographer Sotion...
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Anaxagoras (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξαγόρας) of Aegina was a sculptor who lived around 480 BCE, and created the statue of Zeus in bronze set up at Olympia by...
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impiety as Anaxagoras held that the sun was not associated with divinity; it was merely a huge burning stone. Pericles helped Anaxagoras flee Athens...
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also expressed disagreement with Anaxagoras' understanding of the implications of his own doctrine, because of Anaxagoras' materialist understanding of causation...
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attempt to discredit Anaxagoras. The date is not exact, as sources give different years. Some sources list the arrest and trial of Anaxagoras as early as 437/6...
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knowledge they imply. The concept of the universal mind was presented by Anaxagoras, a pre-Socratic philosopher who arrived in Athens some time after 480...
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List of kings of Argos (section Lineage of Anaxagoras)
(brother of Melampos) while Anaxagoras and his lineage continued to rule the central region. Alector. Son of Anaxagoras. Iphis. Son of Alector. Sthenelos...
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scientific or philosophical explanation for the Sun was the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras. He reasoned that it was a giant flaming ball of metal even larger than...
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centuries BC. They are Thales, Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Anaxagoras. He had, at one time, intended to include Democritus, Empedocles, and...
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spherical in shape, with the credit going either to Parmenides or Pythagoras. Anaxagoras was able to demonstrate that the profile of the Earth was circular by...
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List of minor planets: 4001–5000 (redirect from 4180 Anaxagoras)
Caussols C. Pollas APO +1km · PHA · slow 5.4 km MPC · JPL 4180 Anaxagoras 6092 P-L Anaxagoras September 24, 1960 Palomar PLS · 9.7 km MPC · JPL 4181 Kivi...
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play outside the house. This "holiday" was dedicated to the philosopher Anaxagoras, who had been persecuted in Athens and sought refuge in Lampsacus. The...
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and also against Heraclitus (frag .B 6, vv.8–9), while Empedocles and Anaxagoras frequently refer to Parmenides. The reference to Heraclitus has been debated...
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Meteorologica, Aristotle (384–322 BC) states that the Greek philosophers Anaxagoras (c. 500–428 BC) and Democritus (460–370 BC) proposed that the Milky Way...
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approach to medicine. Anaxagoras, whose works were studied by Socrates, was living in Athens when Aristophanes was a youth. Anaxagoras enjoyed the patronage...
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Infinity (philosophy) (section Anaxagoras)
Greek philosophical tradition to propose that the universe was infinite. Anaxagoras (500–428 BCE) was of the opinion that matter of the universe had an innate...
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the western rim no longer exists, due to the overlapping Anaxagoras and the smaller Anaxagoras A, and the ejecta from these formations covers the western...
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Trivialism (section Anaxagoras)
Metaphysics appears to suggest that Heraclitus and Anaxagoras advocated trivialism. He quotes Anaxagoras as saying that all things are one. Kabay also suggests...
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arche. In place of this, they adopted pluralism, such as Empedocles and Anaxagoras. There were, they said, multiple elements which were not reducible to...
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year and rotating about its axis once a day. He supported the theory of Anaxagoras according to which the Sun was just another star. He likely moved to Alexandria...
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(2015). "Anaxagoras". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Anaxagoras. Fragments of Anaxagoras. Aristotle...
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Ionian Anaxagoras Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias...
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the Nebra sky disc from c. 1800–1600 BCE. The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (d. 428 BC) reasoned that the Sun and Moon were both giant spherical rocks...
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Mathematicians Philosophers Playwrights Poets Seven Sages Writers Philosophers Anaxagoras Anaximander Anaximenes Antisthenes Aristotle Democritus Diogenes of Sinope...
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Anaximander Bion Empedocles Thales Aglaonice Anaxagoras Archytas Aristaeus Callippus Cleostratus Democritus Euctemon Eudoxus Heraclides Hicetas Hippocrates...
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Ionian Anaxagoras Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias...
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